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I spent 15 hours in a sleeper car on an Amtrak Superliner train going from Denver to Salt Lake City. For $400, I stayed in a private cabin, which had two seats during the day and two bunks at night.
Business Insider's reporter took two 30-hour Amtrak trips in sleeper cars and learned some lessons the hard way about overnight train journeys. I spent 60 hours on overnight Amtrak trips.
My spouse and I took our cars on the Amtrak Auto Train from Lorton, Virginia, to Sanford, Florida.. We paid $1,470 to transport our two cars and sleep in a roomette. I didn't sleep comfortably ...
Viewliner passenger cars are designed for use on Amtrak's long-distance routes in the Eastern United States: the Cardinal, Crescent, Lake Shore Limited, Silver Meteor and Silver Star. This is due to clearance restrictions in and around New York Pennsylvania Station and Baltimore Pennsylvania Station that prevent tall bi-level cars from clearing ...
The Viewliner cars contain an Accessible Bedroom (formerly "Special Bedroom") for a wheelchair-using traveler and a companion, with an enclosed toilet-and-shower facility; two Bedrooms (formerly "Deluxe Bedrooms") for one, two, or three travelers, each Bedroom containing an enclosed toilet-and-shower facility; "Roomettes" (formerly "Economy ...
Amtrak's long-distance network is a legacy of the railroad age, when trains operated by private railroad companies were the fastest and sometimes only mode of intercity transportation. The mid-20th century saw steep disinvestment in passenger rail relative to air and highway travel. Passenger trains became financial burdens for railroad ...
After my first overnight Amtrak trip, I learned that the train line has a loyalty program that rewards passengers two points for every $1 spent.Points may be used for tickets, hotels, shopping ...
A roomette is a type of sleeping car compartment in a railroad passenger train. The term was first used in North America, and was later carried over into Australia and New Zealand. Roomette rooms are relatively small, and were originally generally intended for use by a single person; contemporary roomettes on Amtrak, however, include two ...